Research of Antimicrobial Resistance in the Food Chain
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382). This special issue belongs to the section "Mechanism and Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 February 2024) | Viewed by 23418
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food microbiology; environmental microbiology; medical microbiology; assessment of prevalence and characterization of Listeria monocytogenes strains; evaluation of the effectiveness of physical, chemical and biological antimicrobial activities; antibiotic resistance and virulence factors of microorganisms; bacterial biofilms and methods of their eradication; techniques of excrements and animal byproducts hygienization; molecular microbiology
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Interests: medical microbiology; assessment of prevalence and characterization of Proteus mirabilis strains; evaluation of the effectiveness of physical, chemical and biological antimicrobial activities; antibiotic resistance and virulence factors of microorganisms; bacterial biofilms and methods of their eradication
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Interests: food microbiology; environmental microbiology; medical microbiology; assessment of prevalence and characterization of Listeria monocytogenes and Escherichia coli strains; evaluation of the effectiveness of physical, chemical and biological antimicrobial activities; antibiotic resistance and virulence factors of microorganisms; bacterial biofilms and methods of their eradication; techniques of excrements and animal byproducts hygienization; molecular microbiology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Increasing the antimicrobial resistance of bacteria and fungi is major challenge that is faced worldwide. One of the most common reasons for this is the use of antimicrobials in animal breeding and food processing. In farms, antimicrobials are commonly used in the prophylaxis of infectious diseases in animals, in order to reduce the risk of infection transmission. This occurs as antimicrobials are used as forage to improve the growth of animals. If antimicrobials remain in animals’ tissues and organs, the consumption of eggs, milk, honey, can adversely affect consumer health. Antibiotics, even in small doses opver a longer period, can promote the appearance of a multidrug resistant strain.
Antimicrobial resistance in food chains is a very important topic. This Special Issue aims to present the newest information and results from studies related to the use of antimicrobials in food chains. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- The occurrence of antimicrobials in food products and in food-processing environments;
- The health risk associated with antimicrobials in food products;
- The effect of antibiotics present in food on the human gut microbiome;
- The fate of antibiotics in food chains and the environment;
- The acquiring of antimicrobial resistance;
- Antimicrobial resistance genes (ARG) and their transfer.
Dr. Krzysztof Skowron
Dr. Joanna Kwiecińska-Piróg
Dr. Katarzyna Grudlewska-Buda
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- antibiotics
- food chain
- multi-drug resistance
- antimicrobial resistance
- emerging pathogens
- antibiotics resistance genes
- transmission
- microbiome
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